Captain Picks Fantasy Football Game-week 4 – Fantasy Premier League 2015/16
If you captained Yaya Toure in Gameweek 1, Romelu Lukaku in Gameweek 2, Callum Wilson in Gameweek 3 or Riyad Mahrez in any of these weeks, congratulations! You are succeeding more than most. Some of us are holding on to Rooney’s “assist” in Gameweek 1 as the only time we got it sort of right.
So on to the next chance we have – and I’m writing this off the back of two 4 point captain shows – so you may want to look away now, stick your fingers in your ears and pretend you never caught sight of this.
I jest. Like the most optimistic (or sadistic) FPL players, I’m back for more. And this week I’m going to crack it.
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Gameweek 4 – The Fixtures
Newcastle United v Arsenal
Aston Villa v Sunderland
Bournemouth v Leicester City
Chelsea v Crystal Palace
Liverpool v West Ham United
Manchester City v Watford
Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion
Tottenham Hotspur v Everton
Southampton v Norwich City
Swansea City v Manchester United
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My Five (actually seven):
Callum Wilson
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[/three_fourth]There was a debate pre-season regarding the price of Wilson and his fellow promoted striker – Watford’s Troy Deeney. Each priced at £5.5mln, each playing in the Premier League after brilliant Championship seasons and each with claims for that difficult “third” striker slot. Well the Coventrian has made light work of finding his way to the top of the striker charts, even if it is at a very early stage. OK so his points were mainly hauled in one game at Upton Park where he bagged his first Premier League hat-trick but Wilson owners would happily have taken a goal a game at this stage so three in one, is of no concern.
So his backers or those purchasing him this week might consider that the armband goes to him – the man is in form after all and Bournemouth as a whole are playing some great passing football. They are very incisive and direct and a hallmark of their promotion-winning side from last season.
Leicester have started brilliantly but consider that they are yet to record a clean sheet and even Sunderland stuck two past them and you might just look twice at the Bournemouth penalty taker.
Although, as we’ll come to later, there are superstars with attractive fixtures this week, looking at Rooney, Aguero and Hazard all being two-pointers recently, maybe taking a chance on a lesser light might just be the way to go. And Wilson will hardly be short of confidence.
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Riyad Mahrez
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[/three_fourth]In the same match, the man of the season so far, Algerian Riyad Mahrez, will be aiming to take Charlie Daniels to the cleaners at Dean Court on Saturday.
Three matches, four goals and a clean sweep of all nine bonus points before him, has the winger as the top midfield point scorer. He has also stuck away the Foxes’ only penalty so far and would be lined up again one would assume, should another fall their way.
At the very least, this man should be in your squad, captaining him may take a bit of bottle but maybe that is the way to go. You could hardly be backing him at a better time.
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Pedro
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[/three_fourth]The Spaniard will find his way in to many teams this week and the good news is that his price should be protected until after the deadline. Many will see Hazard to Pedro and banking some £1.9mln as a worry free move and I have to agree. I think if both fit, Pedro might just match Hazard’s point tally this season. He introduced himself to the Blues’ fans with a goal and an assist in his first start to send Chelsea to their first victory of the season at The Hawthorns and send himself to the 3 bonus points – couldn’t have asked for more from his debut.
A home match against Crystal Palace won’t be easy but you would have to expect Chelsea should win even if it is to keep up with Manchester City (and Leicester). The Barcelona academy product has gone for a reported £21mln, which to me could well be the signing of the summer.
I’d add Diego Costa in here as well – Pedro could be the perfect supply line for the granddad of the Chelsea team. Costa scored his first double-digit haul in the West Brom match and that could be him off and running for the season.
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Christian Benteke
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[/three_fourth]Many will argue that the Belgian is still awaiting his first ‘goal’ in front of the Kop due to the clear infringement of the offside rule which should have resulted in his goal being disallowed. Thankfully moral decisions don’t apply in the fantasy world and the £32.5mln summer signing managed to mark his Anfield debut with 9 fantasy points courtesy of his goal and the 3 bonus to leave Monday Night Captainers rejoicing! He also hit the crossbar in the second half so it could have been more.
Truthfully he should also have added another against Arsenal on Monday evening. Where the plaudits will go to Petr Cech for a fine save, Benteke shouldn’t have given him the chance of a save. What is encouraging, however, is the understanding being shown clearly between Benteke and Coutinho. One can see Benteke having many laid on for him by the Brazilian in the coming weeks especially in the matches at home where Liverpool will see lots of the ball. Next up are out-of-sorts West Ham so there is definite scope there for more goals.
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Sergio Aguero
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[/three_fourth]Home game. Yep. Home to a promoted team. Yep. City playing well. Yep (three in three with +8 goal difference). Already scored this season. Yep.
All the signs are pointing to an Aguero Armband this weekend.
Depending where you are in the overall standings or your own private mini-league, you’ll know if you can take a chance by moving away from Aguero. Common sense tells you that those with him (28.2%) will make him their man so to either stay with the leaders or hold off those challengers, you really shouldn’t be looking any further than your top striker.
This is also the beginning of six decent fixtures for City, so I’d imagine many will be loading up on their players and it also makes sense to captain one of them being as they are in by far and away, the best attacking team in the league.
This leads me on nicely to David Silva, a differential of sorts owing to the expected Aguero love this weekend. Three assists, three clean sheets and two bonus points so far and he should/could have been on the score sheet at West Brom in Gameweek 1. The first goal is around the corner and could come this weekend. As usual, playing in between the lines of the opposition, the little Spaniard is never far from the attacking points. You could do a lot worse than side with him this weekend.
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As usual, here are the traffic lights . . .
RED (Take a punt if you have him): Callum Wilson
AMBER (Proceed with caution): Christian Benteke
GREEN (If you have him, armband him): Sergio Aguero
A final thought:
This is the last Gameweek before both the transfer window closes and for the hiatus for international football so the next round of matches, Gameweek 5, isn’t until 12 September.
Usually this is the worst time to have a stinker of a Gameweek because you have what seems like an eternity to wait to get back on track. For those of you who have wildcarded, I’d imagine and hope your squad is in good enough shape to bank this week’s free transfer and have two to use come the return in GW5. For those still with the wildcard, then I should imagine many will be activated once this week’s deadline has passed to benefit from that two week period of tinkering and to take advantage of the transfer business still to be completed.
Triple Captain Chip
Just a quick word on the new feature this season. It pretty much does what it says on the tin and trebles your points for your captain on whichever game-week you choose to deploy it. We shall touch on this as and when we feel the opportunity presents itself to use it effectively but this in all likelihood is one to save for when we encounter double game-weeks later on in the season.
For those wishing to use it before such a double Gameweek, I’d imagine that Aguero at home to Watford is as enticing as a single match gets.
Whatever you do, go with your instinct and have a great Gameweek 4!
Enjoy your football.
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Mané for Yaya? I can afford him today but if he goes up tonight it’s a no go.
Can you afford Pedro? If not then Yaya in for Mane is what i would do here too :thumbup:
Negative, I am 0.6 short for Pedro. So its looking like Yaya is my best pick atm.
Good move. Looks a lot like my pre-wildcard team.
Milner on the bench is a freaking waste of 7m though.
Milner was just on my bench from last week’s GW. Probably bring him back in this week if I don’t sell him 😉
Raziel I’ve tried it, so here goes… see if I’m linked so to speak
Sorry mate, but you linked the FPL site, not your team. I guess I have to give a more detailed explantion. Geeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Walter, you’re supposed to be the genius here. >.<
Go to the FPL site, go to pick team and click on the view gameweek history page. Once you entered that page you copy and paste that url instead of the regular FPL one. Should work.
Oh dear, thank you Walter…. is it better now??? :stupid:
Awesome, terrible ranking though. And you’re from France, no wonder you support Arsenal. :p
ha ha Raziel…. I live in France…. but born in Highbury, London, hence Arsenal. I agree though that my ranking is bad… but it’s only a game. Isn;t it ? 😉
Is it? Is it really? It sure is. To some of us. :p
Agree with you. It’s a game but it does annoy you at times. I know everybody had bad few first gameweeks but in general I’d like to win my private Dutch league. So still working on that even though some peepz are already 60 points ahead.
Raziel
Come Christmas I’ll be so far down the rankings that I’ll get bored and turn to the wine to keep me occupied B)
Shrugs, a bit smart spending on players and you’ll be in the top 100k no doubt. Just keep a close eye to the site and listen to what others advise. On that note, if your gut goes against everybody in here, that could also work. Mwahahaha. Not like their is a textbook how to succeed in FPL.
Thanks for the advice Raz…. now everyone can see how f*cking badly I’m doing
But I’m learning and will defo keep watching these pages :popcorn:
Dude, everybody is doing poorly. Is normal. 😉
A lot of good/decent teams have been scoring really poorly. So chill out, take a wine and enjoy watching Wenger mess Arsenal up. :p
Raz… :finger:
Guys, silection dillema yet again this week.
The league im in, 10/15 of the teams have Benteke. Was wondering to do a -4 to get Benteke in, or pedro in or save my FT.
Shall I play Kone instead of Payet/depay?
Also Williams instead of Bellerin?
tique – I wouldn’t take a hit for Benteke myself. For a hit i’d be looking at Depay&Payet out for Pedro&Best you can afford.
Kone/Payet is pretty 50/50 i think. Bellerin over Williams for attacking potential. I fancy both for a CS though.
tique
Man U aren’t going to be scoring bucket loads in the very near future so Williams could be a good bet for a clean sheet. Having said that however, if Mert and Koschielny play at the weekend then Bellerin will be freed up to bomb forward more and perhaps creat some assists. Personally, as a Gunner, I would go for Monreal over Bellerin if you want Arsenal in your defence.
Thanks for the Captains article GP!! There are a few interesting differentials that could pay off this week, but I doubt I’ll have the cojones to go with anyone other than Aguero.
So what are people’s thoughts on Pedro? I have 1.5 mil ITB and 1FT, is it worth dropping Toure for him or taking a hit to do Hoolahan & Payet out for Westwood & Pedro? Payet has some pretty nice fixtures on the horizon but Pedro plays in a better team and looked really good last week. Can’t afford any price rises to do the Hoolahan/Payet move, so that would have to go off immediately next week anyway, which means I couldn’t wait it out through the IB even if I don’t take a hit. Worth the -4?? Any thoughts would be appreciated!
Myhill Guzan
Kompany Gomez Darmain Muniesa Whittaker
Sanchez Toure Mahrez Payet Hoolahan
Aguero Diouf Gomis
Hey Red,
I think Pedro is a good way into Chelsea’s attack but i’m not sure i would get rid of Yaya for him, i’d be tempted with the Westwood / Pedro move.
Thanks Photek, I’m tempted too! Feel like Pedro at home versus a Palace team who just lost their captain to injury could be good for some points, looks a better fixture on paper than Payet away to Liverpool. Payer has some good fixtures coming up though… damn, it’s tricky.
Hi Red. I’d keep the City triple up myself, hard to sell one of them with their schedule. Your proposed hit sounds good to me. Could also go Kompany -> Kolarov, but that has it’s own issues too. Still cant believe Pedro started and went off on one. He was in my WC squad but took him out in fear he would start. Cabaye, one point. Pedro, 13 points. Woops
Hey Red – I wouldn’t transfer out YYT at the moment. You need 0.5 to do the Payet-»Pedro move right?
How about Gomis-»Wilson or Komp-Kol?
Thanks NIN and DMC. So we’re all in on a hit then, just a matter of who goes??
I like Kolarov but am a little worried about game time like everyone else. Kompany could score again and I’d be wishing I had him back. And Gomis has looked awesome too, although I definitely rate Wilson. Stealing .5 from my bench seems the wisest as Hoolahan would only come on in emergencies anyway. Just hate to get rid of Payet with his upcoming fixtures… can’t have everyone though I guess! And Pedro could be a superstar.
I think your forwards are fine mate. Hoolahan or Darmian are the two i think you could downgrade. United’s next 7 are a bit rough.
Hey guys,
I’m looking at a 4 pt hit to bring Pedro and Silva into my midfield this week. I still have Rooney in my frontline, should i be more concerned to swap him?
I can actually bring in Pedro / Silva and Costa for a -8, as tempting as it looks i’m not sure if its worth it.
Can you bin Rooney and get Silva/Pedro at the same time? Rooney has to go, for me.
For a -4 i mean, not -8 😉
+1 bin Rooney
I can do Haz > Pedro and Rooney > Costa for -4
Would leave me with 1.7m which is exactly enough to do Caz > Silva
My other mids / forwards are Sterling / Caz / Mahrez / Defoe / Kun (with Anja on the bench)
Perhaps a -8 is too much before an IB?
yeah i think you’re right DMC.
It’s tempted tho 😉
Everything Manchester United related must go, they suck. Especially their fans. OUT! NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:whatever:
As said they sucked, didn’t call ’em ”wankers”. 😉
Also, not all their fans. There are exceptions, like yourself.
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When will Pedro be “unfrozen” and his price go up?
I think his protection will lift on Saturday night as he was flagged before last GW. Either way, he wont be rising before this weeks deadline.
So when I active my WC just as the games begin to get him in the price will be 9.5m?
Glad to know
Yep. Keep an eye on it just in case but i’m pretty certain he stays protected until Friday night at the earliest, meaning no rise.
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